Crusade Evangelism
The Apostle Paul said the gospel ‘is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes’. YWAM Potchefstroom believes that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the only answer to the brokenness of the world, and that every man, woman and child has the right to hear the life-saving news of Jesus Christ. Crusade evangelism is one of the ways in which YWAM Potchefstroom seeks to share the gospel by conducting large, free-admission events in which all people are invited to attend and hear the good news.
CHURCH DISCIPLESHIP (PRE AND POST CRUSADE)
As an interdenominational mission organization, YWAM does not seek to create its own church, but seeks to plant new believers in local bible believing churches. YWAM Potchefstroom strongly believes in spiritually nurturing new believers who accept Jesus as their savior in its gospel crusades, and as such is developing a cost-free discipleship program to be run within the local churches with which we have developed strong relationships.
The goal of this discipleship program is twofold; the first is to disciple existing churchgoers in their faith and prepare the local churches so they are equipped to receive new converts prior to the gospel crusade itself. This will ensure that new believers are planted into a healthy, bible-believing church. This church discipleship will be run for several weeks prior to the gospel crusade.
The second, following the completion of a gospel crusade, is to disciple those who have made a first time commitment to following the Lord; teaching them the fundamentals of the Christian faith and ensuring they are well established in their personal relationship with God. These discipleship groups will run for several weeks after the gospel crusade has concluded, at this point the new believers will be firmly planted in the local church.
By ensuring the local church congregants have a firm understanding of biblical theology, and by leading new believers through the same material, we believe we will be able to establish the local church on a solid foundation of biblical teaching.
CHURCH DISCIPLESHIP (PRE AND POST CRUSADE)
As an interdenominational mission organization, YWAM does not seek to create its own church, but seeks to plant new believers in local bible believing churches. YWAM Potchefstroom strongly believes in spiritually nurturing new believers who accept Jesus as their savior in its gospel crusades, and as such is developing a cost-free discipleship program to be run within the local churches with which we have developed strong relationships.
The goal of this discipleship program is twofold; the first is to disciple existing churchgoers in their faith and prepare the local churches so they are equipped to receive new converts prior to the gospel crusade itself. This will ensure that new believers are planted into a healthy, bible-believing church. This church discipleship will be run for several weeks prior to the gospel crusade.
The second, following the completion of a gospel crusade, is to disciple those who have made a first time commitment to following the Lord; teaching them the fundamentals of the Christian faith and ensuring they are well established in their personal relationship with God. These discipleship groups will run for several weeks after the gospel crusade has concluded, at this point the new believers will be firmly planted in the local church.
By ensuring the local church congregants have a firm understanding of biblical theology, and by leading new believers through the same material, we believe we will be able to establish the local church on a solid foundation of biblical teaching.
